Talent is another word for potential - it's there, but it's not necessarily showing. I know it is hard for anyone living in comfort to truly imagine living in the Middle East, with all the conflict, oppressive regimes, and limitations that are around. I can afford the 800 dollars a year for ADSL 2mbps internet (with a 10GB per month download limitation), but not everyone here can. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a PC at home (or even at school) they can learn to hack on while they are young.
You cannot judge a people to be "talentless" without taking in the context. And you cannot/must not ignore the context in this case. It is not these peoples' fault that they are unable to start the next facebook/twitter/whatever, you have no idea how difficult it was for me to accomplish what I did here. People here will put the same amount of effort as yourself, if not more, and not succeed simply because of the environment they are in.. it takes a lot of work to break away from the layers of obstacles in the way and makes something that can be appreciated by people like yourself.
In answer to your question: Yes, there are. Everyone at Genie-Soft is a talented hacker. I've met dozens of hackers at tech meetups and at conventions sponsored by Google and Microsoft. If you're predisposed to not see these people though, they are easy to miss.
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Talent is another word for potential - it's there, but it's not necessarily showing. I know it is hard for anyone living in comfort to truly imagine living in the Middle East, with all the conflict, oppressive regimes, and limitations that are around. I can afford the 800 dollars a year for ADSL 2mbps internet (with a 10GB per month download limitation), but not everyone here can. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a PC at home (or even at school) they can learn to hack on while they are young.
You cannot judge a people to be "talentless" without taking in the context. And you cannot/must not ignore the context in this case. It is not these peoples' fault that they are unable to start the next facebook/twitter/whatever, you have no idea how difficult it was for me to accomplish what I did here. People here will put the same amount of effort as yourself, if not more, and not succeed simply because of the environment they are in.. it takes a lot of work to break away from the layers of obstacles in the way and makes something that can be appreciated by people like yourself.
In answer to your question: Yes, there are. Everyone at Genie-Soft is a talented hacker. I've met dozens of hackers at tech meetups and at conventions sponsored by Google and Microsoft. If you're predisposed to not see these people though, they are easy to miss.